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Stuff
Christchurch housing has sprawled across the Canterbury plains for decades, but that's about to change.
Māori Television
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei side to the controversial Erebus memorial.
ZB
Wellington's Mayor says a new bill to allow more housing intensification goes against the Government's climate change objectives. The rules would allow as
An accelerated push to allow more medium-density housing in New Zealand’s biggest cities may yet touch Dunedin, raising concerns about the...
NZ Herald
Move sees three houses, up to three storeys tall, without requiring resource consent.
RNZ
National and the government have worked together to design new housing density rules that would allow three homes three storeys tall without a consent.
Newsroom
Auckland Council is currently seeking public feedback on signs and advertising at liquor stores. Dr Nicki Jackson outlines the compelling reasons to have your say.
NZ Herald
Experts warn that first-time developers are cutting corners in the current hot market.
Newsroom
Back for the UN's big climate summit in Glasgow, Rod Oram finds his hometown of Birmingham rapidly transforming its old car ways towards carbon neutrality.
Asia Times
A new airport under construction in a key wetland habitat just north of the Philippine capital is an environmental and social disaster in the making, unless action is taken now. The 2,500-hec…
CityTalk
By Lucas Dietrichson, Communication Strategist, City of Malmö and Braoin MacLauchlan, Communications Assistant, ICLEI World Secreteriat Malmö is growing. And with that, more people will need sustai…
CityTalk
It is said that a city’s transport infrastructure is like its blood supply, circulating people and goods. It can also be said that it’s a reflection of a city’s vigor and health. Partly due to spik…
Stuff
Kāpiti is expecting major growth over the next 30 years which will see a need for almost 14,000 homes as it makes room for at least 32,000 more people.
CityTalk
For the past 20 years, Saleemul Huq has been working with people living in what he described as “the poorer parts of the developing world,” and as he spoke on what was the final day of Daring Citie…
www.bbc.com
Cities across the world have had to rethink security in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic – here are the ones doing it well.
CNN
The top 10 includes the foodie hub of Leith in Edinburgh, Scotland and artsy Station District in Vilnius, Lithuania, but which neighborhood is the hippest hangout in Time Out's round-up?
CityTalk
Data. It permeates every aspect of our lives, there’s more of it now than ever, and it might just be the key to us reaching our climate goals. Together with cutting-edge modelling systems, it’s hel…
Stuff
OPINION: Possibilities for Wellington’s mass transit network will be rolled out for consideration in early November
Newsroom
Bigger Cook Strait ferries mean kilometre-long trains will be rolling through Waitohi/Picton and other small towns, blocking traffic and puffing emissions.
The Conversation
A single open-air car park takes up land that could potentially house hundreds of people.
Grist
The city’s ambitious retrofit campaign may offer some insights into how housing authorities could make essential repairs while also reducing emissions.
A makeover of Dunedin’s main shopping street is not the only crucial element in creating a compelling destination, a draft report for the city...
Stuff
Wellington City Council has voted 14-2 in favour of the plans for a massive 147km citywide cycle network.
The Conversation
If building regulations required cheap fixes such as ensuring chimneys and parapets were structurally attached to the building, we could save lives during earthquakes.
Stuff
Today’s 20-and-30-somethings don’t necessarily want a quarter-acre section and two cars. It's a good thing, then, that dense developments on public transport lines are just what the climate ordered.
Safe Cities
The Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by NEC, has released the Safe Cities Index 2021, covering 60 major urban areas. In its fourth edition, the Index consists of 76 sub indicators grouped under 5 domains.
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